Press Release/BIO



Boggess Creates New Facility
For Music Production and Film Sound

By Dinah Velazquez
Updated 12/19/08

See these websites for a complete work history of Gary Boggess:
IMDb Resume for Gary Boggess - A Full Resume of all Boggess' Works
IMDbPro Film Listings for Gary Boggess - Theatrically Released Films (since 1996)

TAMPA -  Gary Boggess, musician, composer, sound effects designer and owner of Boggess Music & Sound, has been busy at his new audio post production studio in the peaceful countryside of Lutz, in North of Tampa, Florida. The new studio opened in March 2002, and has been booked for numerous music CD projects, films and commercials ever since. The following is an attempt to provide an overview of some of Gary Boggess' most interesting work and career highlights.

Boggess relocated his studio to Central Florida to further his commitment to film sound. In January of 2001, Boggess began an aggressive effort to build a new BMS studio facility in Tampa, Florida. After a year and two months of design consultations, special orders, intensive labor in acoustical wall construction, wiring and installation, Boggess had completed building a world class studio! The new studio features the ultimate in acoustical design and aesthetics, including natural surrounding light. See it here:Studio Tour

Who is Gary Boggess?
To start with, let's clear the air of false rumors, speculations, and other misleading assumptions: Gary Boggess is not a recording studio owner! In a loose sort of way he is, but that is clearly a by-product of necessity! Although it's true that Gary Boggess has become so many things to so many people... he is first and foremost, Gary Boggess the musician and music composer. In 1972, Gary cofounded a progressive rock/jazz band named I Don't Care, that landed an album with Buddha/United Artists in 1976. He is an accomplished musical artist who was declared a virtuoso by Kent State University's Music Department in 1980. Since, he has more than proven himself and recieved "the nod" from two of the people he admired most and considered his mentors... one a top composer and the other a top film sound designer. Figure that out and he'll buy you a large cup at Starbucks.

Although Gary Boggess practices a variety of roles that includes; recording engineer, a music producer, an arranger, an editor, a Foley artist, a sound effects designer, an audio systems specialist, a synthesist, a MIDI expert and MIDI programmer, a studio mixer, a boom operator, a mastering engineer, a lyricist, a writer, and an all around general audio wizard... it's important to recognize that he's all of those things ONLY because he is FIRST a gifted musician, performer and music composer. It has been an honor for Gary to serve on the Advisory Board at Tampa's International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT), where he is often invited to lecture to classes in recording, music scoring * production, feature film sound effects design and Foley.

With his new studio facility, his music and sound production capabilities are state-of-the-art with a focus on his creative skills. But as Boggess asserts: "Way too many studios make the mistake of using the equipment they bought to validate their services. I think it's absurd! Although my studio is very well equipped, my clients learn to be more interested in the level of professionalism and artistic skills I bring to the table, than they are in the facility itself. It's not about the gear you have, it's what you can produce with it. Anyone can buy a truck load of professional audio gear from Sam Ash with a credit card, but you can't buy what I have to offer a music or film project! I've always said: owning Tiger Wood's golf clubs is nice if that's what you're all about... but it doesn't mean you can play HIS game!"

BMS Opens New Studio in Tampa
Since moving to Tampa, Gary has worked for a variety of projects. The first was the mastering of three CD music & software products (a total of 60 music titles) for Cabaret Software, Inc. of Sterling, VA in the fall of 2000. After 18 months of construction, the studio opened in March 2002. BMS had it's first sessions with Turtledove Productions who produced a (12) song gospel CD with singer, Diane Hall. An all original gospel music celebration of praise. This is the first CD project produced at Boggess Music & Sound's new studio facility in Tampa, Florida!

In February 2003, B12 Productions, of Los Angeles, hired Boggess to sub-contract film production audio crew for a WAVE Ice Cream TV commercial for a TV commercial for Lotte-Snow's WAVE ice cream. The spot was shot at the Jack Russel Memorial Stadium in Clearwater. The commercial featured the New York Yankee's new star slugger, Hideki Matsui, of Japan. Boggess assembled a team that included one of Florida's best location audio specialists, Carl Carden, (CFPS), of Orlando.

The studio started a series of sessions including HCG 5-Star Productions III of Tampa who produced demos for artists in development.  Gerry David, President/COO, and owner, Kevin Thomas of Vitarich Labs, Inc. of Naples, Florida chose BMS to produce a 40-minute CD of a roundtable discussion exploring the unique qualities of their new line of adaptigen nutritional products. Boggess was dialog recordist-mixer for the studio's first film project in Florida, for independent feature film, "Little Men" for which Gary built his own sound cart.

In September 2004, Boggess edited & remastered a voice over demo CD for film actress, Marlene Cameron. Marlene brought all her cassettes and CD's of her voice work, and we put our heads together to make sense of it. Eventually, we assembled three demo collections of her work: Narration, Story and Characters. Cameron is a veteran Broadway actress who's credits would make you head spin. Older now, she works mostly as a voice artist, and is the voice of the ET at Universal Studios in Orlando.

Boggess was hired by ADR Supervisor, Kimberly Harris, of Soundelux, (via Regency/20th Century Fox Films in Hollywood). Harris produced ADR for Forest Whitaker's new feature film, "First Daughter" released September 24, 2004. Actor Michael Milhoan, who played a secret service agent named Block, had a few lines that were too muffled in the original production sound. So he came to BMS to rerecord them.

January 2004, Boggess & Carden teamed up again to provide location sound for national cable TV commercials for ROOMS TO GO! The spot was produced by LBC, (an LA ad firm) and features a NASCAR race car speeding around the RTG warehouse, "to get your order." A spectacular ramp jump was filmed with the Matrix camera system, and high speed 35mm film cameras, as the car flew into a Rooms To Go delivery truck! This was RTG's biggest budget commercial production to date. See the commercial here: LBC RTG NASCAR

In February, Boggess was hired as location audio mixer/recordist for a three day shoot in Fort Meyers at the Hammond Stadium with the baseball greats, the Minnesota Twins. The crew shot interviews of coach, Ron Gardenhire, and segments for the team's score board and for the seasons 2004 TV promos & individual player info features. The 2004 season promotionals were produced by Dan Orozco, and directed by Steve Mulholland, both of Met/Hodder Productions in Minneapolis, MN.

Gary Boggess never knows what's next. One day he's an IFB mixer for Disney's "Million Dollar Dreams" live uplink to satellite media event! Next he's producing a YouTube video ad for Certified Nutrition of Sarasota, Florida. Or producing inhouse audio materials for Bob's Carpet of Tampa, with Nu' Visions Marketing Agency, or producing Theresa Loder's poetry CD titled "Beach Access, or producing the narrative audio for The United States Central Command Center, Mac Dill AFB, Tampa, Florida. Every day in Florida offers another opportunity to seize the creative reigns of audio and use his talents.

Music CD Production In Tampa
Gary went on location to record a 15-song concert/CD album for Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida. With associate Carl Carden and assistant Mike Jones, a 16-track recording studio was set up in about 4 hours. Using (2) TASCAM DA-88 8-tracks, Boggess recorded the entire project in about 2.25 hours. With all original music, Shiloh's 55 member vocal ensemble and band performed live without a retake.

Tampa songwriter & producer, John Centinaro has produced several songs at BMS. John Centinaro is a long time Tampa area song writer who's roots in music go back to the late sixties when he managed the group, "MERCY" who had a hit on Warner Brothers Records titled: "Love Can Make You Happy" which hit number two on the charts. John's has been a regular customer and Boggess has arranged about nine songs. The recordings include the songs, "I Fell In Love In Ybor City" & "Moonlite Night In Tampa Bay."

The band Crossfire recently recorded an 11-song demo CD here at BMS, from which we also produced an edited CD sampler demo.

Guitarist & songwriter, Kevin Sergent & the Corridor band hired Boggess as their producer for their concept-progressive-metal rock album.. Mark Vanderbilt, the original vocalist of the power metal band Kamelot, sings for Corridor. The band tracked all their guitars, bass, keyboards and vocals here at BMS. Boggess is adding some Minimoog synth tracks, and writing orchestrations. Hear the MP3 sample: "Planet Green"

Boggess also produced Latin singer-songwriter Ruth Pizarro who debuted her album produced by Gary Boggess in the Summer of 2006.
The project represents a unique departure for genre in the Christian & Latin markets. The music of "Emaus," was the collaborative effort of Ruth Pizarro and Gary Boggess. Ruth is a very gifted songwriter and vocalist. Her latin melodies inspired Boggess to produce some of the best latin-jazz arrangements in his career. As producer & composer, Boggess performed all of the CD's music, with exception to guitar, which was played by virtuoso guitarist Rick Pupello. Hear the MP3 sample: "Emaus"

In 2007, Boggess began producing an EP for Florida based rock group, "The "7th Floor Band." The music is still in various stages of production. A sample of the song "Better Day" can be heard at The 7th Floor Band's web site at MySpace.

Film Audio Post & Sound Design
Boggess resumes audio post production services with the first feature film project since opening the new studio. He produced the entire audio post editorials, Foley, sound design and soundtrack mix for the feature film, "Loren Cass."  The film was shot locally in St. Petersburg, Florida. At first, Boggess became the 3rd Unit mixer and boom operator for some needed reshoots. He then went into a long period of audio post production, where he rebuilt the entire audio tracks from scratch, scene by scene. All of the actors we given the full Foley sound effects: cloth for movement, sounds for every prop they handled and then Boggess walked for every character in the film... even breathed for them when necessary. All of the background ambiences, car bys, doors... EVERYTHING was recreated. In the end, Gary had recreated 90+ percent of the entire film soundtrack!  Since, the film has found a home at numerous film festivals such as the CineVegas festival in Vegas, and at Switzerland's Locarno International Film Festival, and several others. "Loren Cass," was one of 5 nominees selected from a pool of films chosen by the Gotham Awards sponsors, Filmmaker Magazine and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York City. Although the film hasn't won any awards, it has gotten some GREAT sound reviews!
Check this:
"Loren Cass was precisely shot and sound-designed." - Museum Of Modern Art (MoMa), NYC (2007)

"The sound editing and effects are truly astounding. The fights sound like they are actual,
bone-crushing, terrifying fights. The dialog sounds like you are in the room, the diner, the street,
etc., listening to it exactly. And, unlike, say, a dogma feature, the reality of it is heightened by
whatever techniques Gary (Boggess) used. As an experience, as a sound and imagery collage,
it's extraordinary..." - William, Viennale Film Reviews: Vienna, Austria (2007)

Boggess was enlisted again as a boom operator with mixer Phillip Harris for a children's feature film titled, "Scouts Honor." The film is one of several films being made by PacAtlantic Pictures, a Pinellas-based company started 20 months ago by actor/writer Jim Fitzpatrick and his wife, actress Jodi Knotts (cousin of actor Don Knotts). Not long after Boggess was boom operator again for a dramatic feature film, "She Could Be You"working again with associate and mixer, Carl Carden, (CFPS), of Orlando.

All Digital Sound For Picture
Gary significantly upgraded his studio in 2006. Included was new computers for the MicroSound DAW, a 512-track computer hard disk recording system with fully automated mixing and digital effects. "BMS is truely a one stop shop facility. We can provide independent filmmakers the audio post editorial services they need to produce entire soundtracks for feature films, including sound effects design, ADR and Foley effects. Our location in rural North Tampa, in Lutz, is perfect for the creative filmmaker or music producer who wants to get out of the stuffy commercial studios, and work like an artist in a relaxed "low pressure" environment," said Boggess.

Boggess' studio is a full service facility, and capable of music CD album production as well. We support most of the popular recording formats, and have an arsenal of MIDI synths, four Emu sampling keyboards, digital effects and signal processing. Our MicroSound digital audio workstation (DAW) is the ultimate tool for film sound editorials, music production and mixing. Another mainstay was TASCAM's DA-88 digital eight track recorder with the SY-88 SMPTE sync card. "The DA-88 gives the studio a common format so we can import and export film sound projects from most any location in the world!

In recent years, BMS has found a market for forensic and restoration audio services. The studio bought MicroSound's DNoise "noise removal"software programs a few years ago. In December of 2007, we bought software we describe to call the "secret weapon!"
We now have the best software we can get for forensic audio work and for restoring older or noisy recordings, "which has saved the day for several video producers lately," said Boggess.

Music & Effects Often Merge
In 1990, Boggess was commissioned by the Fine Arts Council Trumbull to write a ten minute orchestral work for Warren's Opening Night Celebration. The work he titled "Millennium," was well received and was repeated in '91 and released as a cassette album along with his new dance music compositions.

"Millennium" was a breakthrough piece. It was the first time Boggess was able to achieve and realize his lifetime goal of producing a large scale orchestral work, using electronic music instruments. Newly acquired MIDI and orchestral sound modules enabled him to create the dense orchestration and musical performance values that he had only dreamed of, since 1972.

In June '96, Gary premiered an original music score for Nicholas Johnson's new work, "SegWay," (a multi-media stage play utilizing dance, mime, film, lighting and theatre) at the Ruth Page Dance Center, in Chicago. Reviewers for The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Reader wrote: "Boggess' music sounded like something John Williams might have written..." "Boggess' Hollywood sounding score would have been more appropriate for a Steven Spielburg film..."

Boggess put the "ice" in Arnold Schwarzenegger's character as "Mr. Freeze," in the new movie "Batman and Robin," scheduled for release in June '97. Last March, Gary was contracted as a sound effects recordist by Lance Brown and Bruce Stambler ('96 Oscar Winner for sound effects editorial for "Ghost And The Darkness") at Sound Storm Studios, in Burbank, CA. Boggess collected two hours of ice and snow sounds for the film in Conneautville, PA.

The Fall of 1998 and the Winter of 1999 was dominated by five film projects. Gary scored & posted "The Other Woman" by Anna Luzardo-Flores, and "Between Friends" by Audra Lindsey, and posted "Aqua Vitae" by Dia Kontaxis, and "Victor" by Mark Moody. The four short films totaled 90 minutes of film sound editorials and mixing, all flawlessly produced with Boggess'  MicroSound digital audio workstation. In April 1999, Boggess produced the Foley sound effects for the 95 minute feature film, "Seventh Veil", for LA based film company, Heron Pictures, to be released by SONY Tri-Star Pictures.

Thirty Years Revisited
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Boggess' career has been fruitful, having created over 70 hours of original music for a wide variety of productions. He's a 28 year veteran of Ohio's music scene. Gary's progressive rock/jazz group, "I Don't Care," landed an album with Buddha/United Artists in 1976. The band played throughout Ohio and western PA, and were among the mainstay bands in Cleveland night clubs and on the Agora circuit. During these years Boggess shared the stage, opening for national acts; Bruce Springsteen, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Dr. Hook, Tommy James & the Shondells, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Larry Coryell, The Glass Harp, The James Gang, Spirit and Frank Zappa.

After the IDC band unraveled in '76, Gary began to assemble his own music production studio. His electronic music studio grew in steps as he collected various equipments. In 1977, he purchased the Polyfusion 2000 Series modular synthesizer. Since, his pursuit has been to produce new music for these new tools.

In 1982, Boggess performed synth & keyboards on the CD "Starhand Visions," an album by singer, songwriter, Gary Grimes.  Boggess is featured on the album with musicians such as Mark Benson (1964...The Tribute), Donny Iris (Ah Leah fame), George Sipl (Eric Carmen keyboardist, Hungry Eyes), B.E.Taylor (BETaylor.com), Pete Hewlitt (backup vocals Carly Simon, Billy Joel), Andy Kubizewski (Exotic Birds), Frank Pellino (I Don't Care Band & Graf), Egor Flagg (Wild Cherry), Gary Markasky (Michael Stanley Band) and many more.  The project developed a few styles that remind you of great bands that you've listened to over the years.  Re-released in February 9, 2002, "Starhand Visions" is getting airplay in Japan, Germany, South Africa and in Canada! SEE: Starhand Visions  & NetMusic: Gary Grimes

Gary was composer in-residence at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus from 1980-82. He has created music soundtracks for over 45 theatrical productions at Kent State University's Theatre, Summer Stock, Children's Theatre, Trumbull New Theatre, The Youngstown Playhouse, The Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland State University Theatre and The Lincoln Ford Center in N.Y.C.

He has written many music scores for corporate videos including videos for: GM, B.F. Goodrich, Babcock & Wilcox, Xerox, Goodyear, PPG, National Geographic, American Greetings and NASA. His 1980 score, "Dance For the Planet," for Diamond Shamrock AG Chem, won an Award of Excellence from the Cleveland Society Of Communicating Arts.

He's written music for numerous national artists, including dancers and theatrical companies. Gregg Goldston and The Goldston School For Mimes (where Marcel Marceau teaches annually) commissions Gary for special music and sound design on a regular basis. In August 1996, the classical mime troupe, The Invisible People, performed in Hong Kong to Gary's colorful sound design and dance music.In August 2006, Boggess premiered a new musical work written for the Alithea Dance Theatre's performance of "Angel's Rising" at the United Nations.

A Hollywood Edge
In spring '92, Hollywood's top sound effects designer, Alan Howarth, invited Gary to be an associate sound effects editor at his Electric Melody Studios facility, above George Lucas' Skywalker Sound Studios in Santa Monica, California. Howarth's many film credits include: John Capenter's "Halloween," and the films "The Hunt For Red October," "Star Gate," "Back To The Future I-III," "Poltergeist I-II," "Indiana Jones," "The Little Mermaid," "Escape From New York" and "Star Trek" movies I-VI and the list goes on. While in LA, Boggess worked with other top sound designers who are now a network of associates, peers and best of all, friends.

While in LA, Gary designed sound effects for feature films including HBO's film, "Barbarians At The Gate," starring James Garner. The film was awarded the 1993 Golden Globe for 'best made for TV film. He designed sound effects for film trailers including: "Robot Wars," "Mandroid," "Subspecies I & II," "Puppetmaster IV," "The Lurking Fear" and for the TV commercials: "Pepsi: Algebra Class," and Lark's "Jump Jet" & "Side Car."

Boggess also worked as a sound effects editor on "La Carpa," Brams Stoker's Dracula" and as an assistant sound effects editor on "Army Of Darkness," and the trailer for "Jurrasic Park."

Boggess composed and premiered a five minute orchestral music work titled "Butterfly Theme," for the presentation of the new $70 million dollar downtown Las Vegas project, "The Fremont Street Experience."

In late '93, Lucas sold the facilities, and the Lantana Center was shifting gears making it difficult for Electric Melody to do business, so Boggess returned to Warren to reopen his studio. In July 2000, Gary relocated his entire facility to North Tampa, in Lutz, Florida.

Venues In Warren, Ohio
When asked why he remained in his hometown for so long, Boggess said: "I had an 19 year investment in my studio, in downtown Warren, and 30 years into Warren's musical legacy. I fulfilled many ambitions there."

Although Boggess doesn't perform music live on a regular basis, he did appear as keyboardist with the jazz group, Network, in the mid nineties. Network's repertoire was centered in contemporary and new age jazz. The band was adept at reaching into most any genre... playing Miles Davis, Herbie Handcock, Weather Report, Sanborn, Shadofax, Yellow Jackets,  Kirk Whalum and Hiroshima. Network also had numerous originals. Boggess enlisted the band to help play an original score for a stage play titled "Don't Look Now." The play was written by the '50's & '60's beat poet, playwrite and painter, Kenneth Patchen. Gary produced the jazz recording which was then used as the live score for the stage production at Kent State University, under a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

While in the Ohio studio, Gary worked as a producer and arranger for many musicians, singers and songwriters, including albums for several gospel artists. Because his own music explores many genres, he's able to identify and work with a diverse group of musical artists.

Jazz percussionist, Darryl Alexander, of Youngstown, Ohio, has produced two CD albums with Gary, and his third is currently in production.Alexander's CD's are charting sales worldwide, and are currently being played as theme and bumper music on the Maury Pauvich show.In '95, Gary created music and sound effects for Winner International's anti-theft device, The Club. The national TV commercial "The Club: Saturn," also featured award winning graphic animation by Image Producers of Canfield, Ohio.

Last summer, Boggess produced music jingles for The Cafaro Company's Eastwood, Northpark, Southland, Millcreek and South Hill Malls. "Gary stayed dedicated to our project from concept to final production. He provided a top quality and appropriate composition, not just a jingle. The signature song for the five shopping centers has been well received and remains memorable in the market(s)," said Linda Blasic, Creative Director.in May '99, Gary co-produced a music jingle and theme for the new baseball team, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. BMS is also in the midst of producing an album CD projects for Christian rock band, SPV.  Recent albums include one for the rock group "Flying Circus" and the other for an Atlanta based rap duo "RCT." This is RCT second album project with BMS. World renowned harpist, Kirk Kupensky, had finished recording his second album at BMS as well. (It's 2008 and Kirk is still our featured artist!) :)

In Winter 2000, Boggess was the producer for four CD albums! Three of the CD's were Christian childrens music projects produced for Nuclear Family Ministries. The fourth CD was a music album for Christian alternative rock group, Saint Peter's Vision (SPV).

Bringing It Home to Tampa!
In Tampa, Boggess will continue his 30 year legacy, by providing his creative services to film and video producers, advertising agencies and musical artists. He'll also work as a jingle writer and sound producer for radio and TV commercials, and plans to expand his audio services to include multimedia, video games, and the internet.

Gary often incorporates the talents of area musicians and vocalists in his productions, and Tampa will prove to be a tremendous resource for Boggess Music & Sound's future productions!

See our Current Projects page for up-to-date NEWS on what's happening at BMS!
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Gary playing with the band Network - 1989

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